On Monday 25th April, volunteers from the Cock Robin Wood Work Party were delighted to host the Mayor of Rugby, Councillor Richard Dodd, accompanied by his four legged companion Josh, for a guided walk around the reserve.

On Friday 13th May pupils of Priors Field Primary School in Kenilworth will be journeying out into the depths of their Environmental Area to conduct an ambitious study of it’s native wildlife inhabitants. The event, which is commonly known as a Bioblitz, will involve all the children and teachers from the school in a day of various activities capturing and recording as many different species of plant and animal as possible.

In a report published by The Wildlife Trusts in November 2015, a YouGov poll of parents and children found that 37% of children had not played outside by themselves in the last six months, and that 78% of parents were concerned that children don’t spend enough time interacting with nature and wildlife. [see note 3 below]

Warwickshire Wildlife Trust is delighted to announce the purchase of Bubbenhall Wood and Meadow, the Trust’s 65th nature reserve. We now own or manage over 1000 ha of wild space in Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull, for the benefit of both people and wildlife.

The Government today announced that it is suspending the sourcing of BCG vaccine for English badger vaccination schemes, that the 2015 badger culls were ‘successful in meeting their targets’ and confirmed it wants to see ‘badger control over a wider number of areas next year’, issuing new guidance to Natural England that significantly relaxes the current badger culling licence criteria.

A local nature reserve in Coventry, Stoke Floods has seen a recent spate of incidents which have been unsettling for wildlife and local people. The nature reserve which is owned by Coventry City Council and managed by Warwickshire Wildlife Trust is located adjacent to the river Sowe to the South of the city.